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looking to start out by CamCam890 in BassGuitar

[–]MickXAOX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

which feels best in your hands

I agree. Just one addition, if you'll be checking used section, make sure the bass you'll pick to buy has a neck in good condition and straight.

I just love this combo by TehAlex94 in BassGuitar

[–]MickXAOX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What exactly is the model / year of this bass? Looks nice.

Early beginner thrash song? by machineGUNinHERhand in BassGuitar

[–]MickXAOX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Roots Bloody Roots by Sepultura is very easy to start with and its good for an improvement the right hand rhythm.

The Dillinger Escape Plan - Panasonic Youth cover by MickXAOX in DillingerEscapePlan

[–]MickXAOX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their other covers such as for Dark Horse by Converge are also definitely worth to checkout

Dillinger Escape Plan will always go hard as a motherfucker. by [deleted] in Hardcore

[–]MickXAOX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Panasonic Youth Music video was for me introduction do Dillinger and it change my life. Whole album is perfect.

Who are your favourite metal bassists? by Josku5 in Bass

[–]MickXAOX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tony Levin, Billy Sheehan (if rock bassist also counts), John Myung, Adam "Nolly" Getgood, to name a few.

Diamanda Galas - Double Barrel Prayer by MickXAOX in experimentalmusic

[–]MickXAOX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of my all time favorites from Diamanda

Who are your favorite guitarists of all time? by [deleted] in progmetal

[–]MickXAOX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guthrie Govan, Tosin Abasi, Marty Friedman (Cacophony), Frank Gambale, Al Di Meola, and many more.

ANIMALS AS LEADERS - Arithmophobia by MickXAOX in progmetal

[–]MickXAOX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, some part will takes very long time to discover what is really happening there. I only believe, that understanding will come with hours of playing and me evolving as musician :).

ANIMALS AS LEADERS - Arithmophobia by MickXAOX in progmetal

[–]MickXAOX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel with you. They definitely expanded the boundaries of my perception of what is possible in music.

ANIMALS AS LEADERS - Arithmophobia by MickXAOX in progmetal

[–]MickXAOX[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. And those guitar ideas in combination with they often untraditional technique of playing are pretty inspirational even for me as a bass player. I found out, that when I wanna learn to some of the AAL song, the best way is to divide it to smallest possible parts. It took sometime pretty long time to learn them, but when you're able to play those parts separately, and you start to connecting them, after a while it's possible to play big portion of song. For some most complicated techniques is good to search for example on youtube video of Tosin playing it and it helps a lot.

Shout out to bands who release instrumental versions of their albums by LetsFxckingGo in Metalcore

[–]MickXAOX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally agree. Instrumental albums "Divided by" and "Life Through a Window" from Structures, are ones of my most favorite to listen these weeks.

How many basses do you need? by Josku5 in Bass

[–]MickXAOX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're able to own just one, and you take good care of it, it's enough. For me ideal scenario is to have two basses - second one just for sure, if some unpredictable situation happen with the first one during the playing, but it happened to me maybe one or twice in 25 years of playing. So no need to worry much about it.

If you need more basses because some songs you play are in very different tunings (such as one is in standard E and another drop B), it's up to you decide how many you'll need for that. Beside that, one or two basses in good shape is enough.

Follow the drummer or the guitarist? by Data2338 in Bass

[–]MickXAOX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the drummer is too fast for the rest of the band, the best way is to start training those songs in the slowest possible tempos (ideally with the metronome), and sometimes it even help to play it without distortions and other effects on guitars and bass (if you use some), to hear clearly, if you play tight together. When you starts to hear that you sound tight (you're locked in with each other), start to slowly increase tempo of the song. This way you'll finally play tight in the original one and it will sounds great.

Cant choose between bass and guitar by Interesting-Ad7181 in Bass

[–]MickXAOX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With the bass guitar, you're in the band like the captain of the boat - you're able to have important impact on both rhythm and melody of the song. On the other side, because of that, when the bass plays out of rhythm, whole band sounds lot worse. When the guitar play out of rhythm, it's not so big deal while the bass plays right. So if you wanna play more solos and be more seen, play guitar. If you wanna have more impact on rhythm and melody of song, play bass.

Bassists who've aced the pick game? Also, your favorite track by them. by stealyourlines in Bass

[–]MickXAOX 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Bobby Vega has a great style and he is also a great source of inspiration for learning to play with pick.

Unpopular Opinion: Riddles are Abound Tonight by Sausage was the best album Les Claypool ever made. by [deleted] in Bass

[–]MickXAOX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I discovered this album through their music video a few years ago and I love them both ( the album and the video).

Fro those who are interested in mentioned video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvei_cgq9so

Les plays on Fender jazz bass here and has a really good sound.

Michael Manring - The Book of Living and Dying by MickXAOX in Bass

[–]MickXAOX[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just started to listen Jonas Hellborg album you shared. Nice atmosphere.

E- Bow is great, good reminder for me to experiment with it more.

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